Sure, most of us can plow through a pack of bacon in just a few breakfasts, but there are always times when you go out of town for the weekend or just get busy and you've had to throw out spoiled bacon. What a waste! If you know this could happen to you or if you just stock up on six months worth of bacon at a sale consider flash freezing the raw bacon so you only use what you need.

Progressive culinary weblog Food Renegade advises this easy method of freezing raw bacon: Place a sheet of wax paper or aluminum foil on a baking sheet then lay out bacon slices. You can keep adding sheets of wax paper/aluminum foil and bacon just make sure there is always a barrier between layers of bacon. Put the baking sheet in your freezer for a few hours and then place your now-frozen slices of bacon in a freezer bag and return the bag to the freezer for future use.

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Now you can just remove a slice or two of bacon whenever needed for a recipe and not have to worry about the rest of it spoiling. Bacon slices are thin enough that you should be able to microwave them for one minute and then cook as normal.